February 18, 2006

Maroons Fall to UW-Whitewater

CHICAGO -- In a matchup of top Central Region men's tennis teams, the 25th-ranked University of Chicago dropped a 4-3 decision to the visiting University of Wisconsin-Whitewater on Saturday evening.

Senior Ward Bortz (Brookfield, Wis./ Marquette), the region's eighth-ranked singles player, defeated 19th-ranked Jordan Schilts 6-3, 6-2. Bortz improved to 8-3 on the season.

At second doubles, Bortz teamed with freshman Alex Winney (Yorktown, Ind./ Yorktown) to notch an 8-5 victory. The tandem is now 4-1 this year.

The region's sixth-ranked squad, Chicago slipped to 5-2 in dual match competition, while the 13th-ranked Warhawks improved to 8-2.

Wis.-Whitewater 4, Chicago 3

Singles
1. Bortz, Ward (UCM) def. Schilts, Jordan (UWW) 6-3, 6-2
2. Lowe, Alex (UWW) def. Deriy, Sasha (UCM) 0-6, 6-1, 6-4
3. Venkataraman, Vivek (UCM) def. Griffiths, Matt (UWW) 6-2, 6-3
4. Klaus, Steve (UWW) def. Tchan, Joseph (UCM) 6-4, 7-5
5. Sithian, Bharath (UCM) def. Stranberg, Bill (UWW) 6-4, 6-0
6. Reed, Johnny (UWW) def. Winney, Alex (UCM) 7-6, 7-6

Doubles
1. Lowe, Alex/Schilts, Jordan (UWW) def. Deriy, Sasha/Tchan, Joseph (UCM) 8-4
2. Bortz, Ward/Winney, Alex (UCM) def. Griffiths, Matt/Stranberg, Bill (UWW) 8-5
3. Hintz, Ian/Klaus, Steve (UWW) def. Sithian, Bharath/Venkataraman, Vivek (UCM) 8-5